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Reports

Reporting on liquid laundry detergent capsules ingestion incidents

Since the first A.I.S.E. Product Stewardship Programme on liquid laundry detergent in 2012, A.I.S.E. has regularly reported on the evolution of incident numbers as the PSP measures are implemented by companies. These reports include quantitative incident tracking to better understand the root causes of liquid laundry detergent capsules ingestion incidents. The aim is to assess incident frequency both in absolute terms, as well as relative to potential developments in the liquid laundry detergent capsules market size. This reporting is done in cooperation with several PCCs.

Reporting on detergent capsule accidentology research

Building on a commitment made as part of A.I.S.E.’s 2012 Product Stewardship Programme, and in order to understand the root causes for accidental exposures to detergent capsules especially among young children, A.I.S.E. has partnered with five Poison Control Centres (PCCs) to carry out qualitative ‘accidentology’ research.

The PCCs are based in Dublin (Ireland), Göttingen (Germany), Milan (Italy), Prague (The CzechRepublic) and Utrecht (The Netherlands).They serve a combined population of approximately 90 million inhabitants. The study scope covers all detergent capsules (laundry, dishwasher and others) contained in a water-soluble film. Over a 6-month period, starting in autumn 2014, details of incident circumstances of 401 cases were systematically collected.